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July 2015

Review

My Bike Review

Barton, Byron. My Bike. Byron Barton, Illus. Picture Book. Greenwillow, 04/2015. [34]p. $16.99. 978-0-06-233699-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-PRE. Tom rides his bike to work, past cars, trucks, and even monkeys and elephants, before donning clown makeup [continue reading]

Published on Jul 29, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Byron Barton, My Bike

Intern Needed for Children’s Fairyland

San Jose State Univ. iSchool Student Needed for Internship at Children’s Fairyland: Oakland Public Library, Children’s Services, www.oaklandlibrary.org 125 14th Street, Room 6,  Oakland, CA  94612 JOB TITLE: Fairyland Librarian JOB DESCRIPTION:  Children’s Fairyland is a storybook [continue reading]

Published on Jul 24, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Professional Development
Tags: Children's Fairyland, Internship

Review

High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs Review

Schnell, Lisa Kahn. High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs. Alan Marks, Illus. Nonfiction.  Charlesbridge, 04/2015. [32]p. $16.95. 978-1-58089-604-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3 Each spring, Delaware Bay teems with life as millions of horseshoe crabs come ashore to [continue reading]

Published on Jul 22, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs, Lisa Kahn Schnell

Read-Alike

Origami Yoda Read-Alikes

READ-ALIKES – “Origami Yoda” series by Tom Angleberger Baker, Kim. Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School. Brown, Jeffrey. “Star Wars Academy” series. Castle, M.E. Popular Clone: The Clone Chronicles. Emerson, [continue reading]

Published on Jul 20, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Origami Yoda, Tom Angleberger

Spring Board Books, Part II

Spring Board Books, Part II: Last month, in Part I of our semi-annual Board Book Round-up, we discussed new board book series and individual titles released in early 2015. Today in Part II we will [continue reading]

Published on Jul 17, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up

Review

If You Find This Review

Baker, Matthew. If You Find This. Fiction. Little Brown, 2015. 358p. $13.60. 978-0-316-24008-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-8. Seventh grader Nicholas’ life in Michigan seems to be falling apart when his aged, long-absent, and confused grandfather implies [continue reading]

Published on Jul 15, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: If You Find This, Matthew Baker

ALA Conference Report, Part 4

ALA Conference Reports, Part 4 – Reports from Our Members: Miriam Medow: This is my report back on the APALA Symposium, held on the Thursday before Annual at USF: I didn’t know what to expect [continue reading]

Published on Jul 13, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference, APALA

ALA Conference Report, Part 3

ALA Conference in San Francisco – Reports from Our Members: Helen Bloch: I attended the ALSC Leadership meeting focused on the recent white paper on Media Mentorship (www.ala.org/alsc/mediamentorship). Lisa Guernsey, a researcher from the New [continue reading]

Published on Jul 11, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference, Cassy Lee, Helen Bloch
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